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General Business Law - Papua New Guinea
What the Team is Known For
Allens fields a long-established team acting for both Papua New Guinean and multinational companies. Its team handles a full range of issues, including contentious matters, with particularly noted strengths in the energy and resources and financial services sectors. The firm is often mandated on the development of major power, resources and infrastructure projects and maintains constructive working relationships with government bodies, based in part on longstanding involvement in the development of Papua New Guinea legislation.
Strengths
Allens possesses a strong depth and breadth of expertise to handle the entire spectrum of legal issues arising from the PNG system.
The team has an excellent ability to distil complex issues into actionable insights and provide pragmatic advice.
Work Highlights
Allens acted for NiuPower Limited in relation to its efforts to recover and restructure amounts owed to it by PNG Power for the supply of electricity under a long-term power purchase agreement between the parties.
Notable practitioners
Richard Kriedemann offers over two decades' experience of Papua New Guinea-related work, largely focused on M&A transactions and other major corporate matters.
He is not only an expert with a great reputation who does great work for us, but he is also fantastic to work and communicate with. His turnaround times are extremely quick.
Paul draws on his extensive banking, finance and restructuring experience, coupled with deep knowledge of local market dynamics, to provide insightful and actionable commercial advice.
Paul consistently goes above and beyond to ensure that a client receives personalised and attentive service.
Sarah Kuman handles a range of corporate and commercial work, with a particular emphasis on power generation and regulatory issues in the sector.
Sarah is an exceptional commercial partner with great knowledge and understanding of the legal and economic environment.